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1. Wakes in the Olden Times (continued)

   

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   to themselves that they would have a roal feed at the wake. When all hands had got their supper and the Rosary was said and all the woman cleared away these fellas all crowded around the fire and they wondered what the dickens they would fry the mushrooms on. They said the would put them on the greeshick, but some of the company did not agree to that. They went outside to see if they could find anything there What did they find only a large sprong in a boil house outside. This sprong was used for loading potatoes and the tags of it were no more than about an inch apart; and it was about as big as a potatoe basket. They brought in this saying that it was a right yoke for the purpose for when they would be cooked there would be no difficulty in getting them off the fire.
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   History Edit

   Date

   14 December 1937

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Gaelic script

   Informant

   • Tadhg Deveraux